Took a look at the headlines here on al jazeera, the speak of shank as parliament is you to hold a News Conference shortly after president got to buy a roger access submitted a letter of resignation. These a live pictures from colombo, where the speaker, the hinder of a large enough, is due to speak. Shortly earlier he had said the Resignation Letter must be checked for authenticity. Well go to buy a raj, a bank that is now in singapore, to fleeing to the movie eaves on wednesday, under pressure from mountain demonstrations, against his presidency. Protest. Want a new government and the countrys de economic crisis. Chinas Economic Growth has slowed sharply with 2nd quarter g. D p increasing just 0. 4 percent compared to the same quarter. Last year, the economy has been under pressure due to at 0 coven policy. And widespread last effort leaders of the worlds Major Economies are being urged to work closely to counter the Economic Impact of the war in ukraine. G. 20 finance ministers and Central Bank Heads are meeting in bali. The talks will focus on addressing the global food crisis and soaring inflation. The u. S. Is welcome saudi arabias decision to open its asked based on all civilian carriers, including flights to and from israel is comes ahead of jo bidens visit to saudi arabia early in israel. Biden and Prime Minister yelp, hed signed a non binding declaration to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He says its vital to World Security to ensure a ron never has a nuclear weapon. Id also restated the u. S. Position on a 2 state solution. Israel and palestine, a russian air strike has killed these 23 people in one of ukraines largest city is valencia, that many were injured as missiles hit. Residential buildings. President Vladimir Zalinski has renewed calls for special tribunal to investigate will crimes. And italys president has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister mario draggy after one of the governments Coalition Partners refused to support druggie in a confidence vote. The Prime Minister survived that vote, but his coalition has been thrown into crisis and members of parliament for the butchers conservative party have completed their 2nd vote on who replace barbara johnson. You pay for my finance minister we. She soon act remains the leading candidate. So those are the headlines that is, continues here now to 0 after people on power station. Thanks so much bye for now. Talk to, ill just 0. We can be more specific. How many folks are you asking for . And what kind of military equipment we listen, ask the people of cuba industry. If there is a difference between donald trump and your bite for them. We meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. On our sierra the every year this year in west africa produces thousands of tons of uranium, mostly for use in French Nuclear power stations. But critic say, extracting the radioactive mineral poses health risks to the population that the mines and around purification and Storage Facilities in europe. So a team of french filmmakers set out to investigate possible contamination levels with disturbing results. This is the 1st of 2 report i ah, not always in the u. S. I dont any, dont be else. I no longer live with full and only thing. I dont want to boss or wait on that for support. A dollar because of all possible. They said your budget, a lot of us are all the pieces for the ship. I teach this is now born in southeast in front. Its a shock to find such levels of radioactivity here. But were close to the largest uranium combustion plant. In europe. Weve got stalling me fucked up a buffalo i supplied with uranium from africa. The side produce is tens of thousands of tons of waste, just 3 kilometers locals that understandably worried about police this status or what a direction of iran the company that owns and runs this facility, reject this really quickly elsewhere this reject it or can impact all non federal told us that we set out to established in to look for any evidence of one timing nation. Over the course of a year, we took dozens of samples and sent them for independence. Amanda we followed the uranium trail all the way back to me. J. A country that has applied with power all over there. In the town of valley, we found houses filled with Radioactive Material on the bulldozer also and even some school some navy radiation levels where the char notified enough to see on the broker called on to bomb. You women are findings raised disturbing questions about the wisdom of using this toxic substance. The investigation even generated a political debate in these underneath the public image victory were told you shit to handle the video as yet 13 accept darell. Unacceptable or not. People here may have to get used to it. President Emanuel Michel c can re election in 2022 has put Nuclear Power at the heart of francis fight against global warming. So good news of that usually bhaskar syllable, normal docusys key fob warner clinician with tuscany conditional from it. Not loony fil a honey sauce. Do nuclear hosp to meet a target of Carbon Neutrality by 2050. Hes a master. The country could build as many as 14 new Nuclear Reactors in decades to come. Just switch. Who sees a bill due to a costly ignore soon visit to the solar construction do it the builder of this unit. But more reactors will also mean extracting and storing more uranium and more risk from a Radioactive Material that remains deadly. For thousands of years, lou, our investigation begins in the northern deserts of new j. This is where the uranium trails stop. In a country with some of the Worlds Largest reserves, the area is closed up to most foreigners alkie that and the slamming state regularly carry out attacks in this region. To avoid being taken hostage, we are escorted by a unit from the National Guard tan well armed soldiers we cover ourselves to remain as unobtrusive as possible. After 3 days of travel, we finally arrived in alit the regional capital. The town was built in the 1970s, thanks to its uranium deposits. Its close to 2 huge mines, one now been decommissioned, run by subsidiaries of the french multinational orona, which every one here still calls by its old name, or rather the inhabitants of alit only see the leftovers although uranium. These huge yellow heat mining, rescue exposed to the open air. The dust is often carried by the wind right into the town and sometimes into its houses. Like ill most differ. Ill hutchins home. Hes lived here with his family for 50 years. To get from you. Nothing for someone, if no girl is there, some of the teachers are shantay red, losing your liver may have it with you any more . Im and bunker. Is it over quote or, or enough, if the convertible bromberg, the new born bar, on the foot in front of the wooden up is of the so you yet youre an Income Verification for co wonder when youre looking at a source of ill muster for, ill hutchins work for 37 years as a technician into our lead mine. He then created an association to protect the environment and the local population worried about seeing his colleagues die prematurely without explanation. He wants to show us the mountains of ways produced by his form of factory, which he says has polluted the area for years. But our military escort insists we turn back beyond this point would be in iran or our river territory provided for lot of providing legal on prostate. This is the ariba, woody lou terry from perry metal is from very method is to me, are you going to lose a cell on the bar bullshit . Despite numerous request, ariba refused to let us onto the site. We cant help but wonder why over the years must duffer al hutchins has tried to investigate the environmental and Health Impacts of uranium mining. But local scientific sampling is impossible. Theyre voting for who didnt exist to pay and lab what i thought. When you jennifer uneasy near and youre planning used to put on november. The bishop derbyshire didnt leave young girl nom, wendy or not by the mother yet or not by the sub warfare. One hour now, but yet he end on im on the property for. Yeah. Carver keyless it. Dont get got literally the dive. If you are please. Yeah, it is austell ecology. Lou key kid yell under a marla display the sun lafond the la floor. The. The local table that well see to see one thing there is you do you and you dont, you can think of impulse, im let it be. Activity during did a d v cut to really give grow media that need dont fit to seller. So could a river orona really be responsible for what this active is called an ecological disaster . We arrange a discrete meeting with a company employee. He gives us this usb key, but doesnt want to answer any questions for fear of reprisal. In this classified footage, the Mining OperationsEnvironmental Impact is clear to see what the group uses explosives to access. They were uranium amid the dust. The miners dig up radioactive soil to obtain this paste called yellow cake, or uranium concentrate are of our oran, produces 2 and a half 1000 tons per year in the year. The operation requires heavy chemical processes and generates large amounts of residue. So there is nothing natural about the hills beyond the town. Just 35000000 tons of toxic waste stored in the open air. To help determine the possible effects on the population, we brought special equipment, a device to detect measures, radio activity. We asked bruno sharon, to assist us out of his a Nuclear Physics engineer at crew, wrapped and independent french and geo. The analyzes radioactivity in the environment of you, my god, to school, for your 100 rubles. She was a dizzy i said you should see. The bi usually are just yonder. My nice time, our hobby, this lasandra pasco need only bloom is all it was them is all or the but you all had you gone on his answer very quickly. I counted, goes into overdrawn as muscular, so sometimes it a must, a for alpha to accompanies us or the radiation comes from the school in good news is that so then he said, so tommy cabassos. Thats around 30 times more than the natural ambient radioactivity measurements in counts per 2nd are given as read out of the radiation in real time. The walls of the school seem to be heavily exposed to radiation. Professor sharon advises us on the next step. So for us to quickly my do you use one or is it a shot, john . Sure. Jovially. Shawna manuel. Because she starts with a deaf any one here for more than an hour and a half is potentially exposed to the maximum recommended radioactive does an entire year. But as we gather reading, we have to be wary of more than radioactivity. Weve been advised not to linger in one place for more than 10 minutes at a time to avoid being spotted by informants for terrorist groups. Then at a street market, we find scrap metal that has come directly from the uranium mine. Most of these are some of the, either of a chic roxanne or i the flesh on flesh the golf with the radiation levels seem to be so high that we have to use a different tool, a geiger counter. This measures radio activity levels per hour instead of per 2nd on another good the funds of hospital policy. Not only so much to move to scott, a talk with the radio activity here is twice as high as in general with these come some, do i need to discuss a show the physically, my member of people question is to provide you with this. Im a sure is your possible to buy the cities on file to perform a song that the telemachus us with. What i would you to call these radioactive scrap metal rod, a mouth being used as beams in houses in the city. You can see them sticking out of ruth. Dust is no longer the only danger. Pollution is also in houses. Like at mister dallas house, where radio activity is 27 times higher than normal b, b, or in the a by a family home. Here it is 13 times higher. Its worse still in this hostile with teenagers. Let me explain to her radio activity level here are 52 times higher than normal guaranteed here that he will do hydrogen because it is you dont use it. We also measure the level of brayden, one of the most toxic gases in the world, which emanates from uranium it, as a result, we reform all these results. Fire exceed the w h os health recommendation. Outraged by our finding, ill must differ. Ill hutchins wants to act quickly. He and his association bring together people from olive who like him, have walked in the uranium mine the homewood a lovely or graph a safe. Okay. And then it will go at the lesson is because those are good to you and you have no food. Yeah. They opened the she was the cover goober though she bare that the g, the issue login there totals. You was letting know who go to duke yamagata. You go now and im with any this kazama. Both of them are gonna move dounia or to sunday keep on me. We met i was holding or with some i am it please home on other say to suffer from chronic disease. 8 he is team casee. I caused the dog the 2nd one to know what to do. Oh, for surely, however, no inhabitant of allah or local employee of and no one has ever been found to be sick. Because of radioactivity. Only one who has been is french employee who spends 7 years in this town. While most of these men have been living and working here over 40 years, left ca, sheeny, one command, did you notice temporary, updated cent restoral medicine. You give them you need any of my thought is, and that is you are young or false. Diverse of we start with al mustafah, our chin a farm book with we get the age, address and profession ponders on and how long they have lived in ali. We then take the hair samples from the families living in the contaminated houses, nursing home. In total, 16 samples, we send them to from, along with other samples weve taken in the city while we wait for the results, we turn to the local authority. We want to know how can they accept such high levels of radioactive pollution . Could it be because many of them are themselves form a rather oran employee, like the prefect of al it. And i found on my out works with the french multinational for 34 years. Is contrib prophy on the panel . Not one of having to come get home for iraq year please possible dont jack a manager with the other guy. We will not ever go out. You just kind of, i dont know if you need with just give away from 0 or, or passenger to plane theres, im back to the police, a need a thought. Good, excellent. I saw the telecom i took this as well. So and then up the sooner a loaner to the little corn. So the also to balance is that is suffer camembert, nebraska linux, one of them got no phone number back up or like i like to explore the red room um on the left, the new deal or not, or whatever that was the, comes up, the prefects, honesty is a little unnerving. The inhabitants of alit, our living amid radioactive residue and contaminated homes, with disastrous consequences for their health. Its time to head back to the capitol. Mean this is where well finally meet the local managers of our, the orange, which exploit needs. Yes, uranium, its easy to find them that offices are just opposite the ministry of mining. After some negotiation, one of the Senior Executives agrees to an interview with se mussa. Sali has been working for the group for over 30 years. He tells us he is responsible for setting up a system for identifying and treating the most radioactive areas of an it is feasible. Should you need to go in bunch is john did this. She showed us. If done, we have to remember about you tomorrow. Well have a pointer degree there. Correspond to id at the moment and as for now, novel, ah dish at the will do peak. And of course youre all chris had in class was had suzanne. One of the controls is we will pay, acquitted. Decide for marcella. Ok, i this is latoya motor therapy no longer than the phone from admin. What is it that we could possibly with ah little lied to columbo now where the speaker of shall anchors Parliament May hinder yapper abbe it while dinner is holding a News Conference on the resignation of president. Got a bike. Yeah, exactly. Thats just listening to what he has to say. But can i, could i see me the mob is you see a loop option i again then what the life of it. It does so monsieur, so icky uncut bricker debit denied it, but do any outdoor out. But again, he maybe hell, hell be the be done up on the. All right, so thats the speaker of the shall anchors parliament. Sadly, we havent got any translation coming out of the actual i can capital, but lets go to ok so. So the resignation of president goes to buy a roger pack that has been accepted. Thats what we understand. The speaker has just said theyre the new contents, lets go live to pass and whos monitoring these events now step. So there was some delay in this press conference waiting for the speaker to officially announce president , got to buy a roger pack says resignation. We now understand that it has been accepted by the speaker of parliament. Just talk through what hes saying. Well this is of course a moment that many people here and 3 long ive been waiting for not only for the last 2 days because i got the bio box i had promised on saturday when hundreds of thousands of protection storms. Its residence that he wanted to, that you would resign on wednesday, july 13. Well, that didnt happen and that he fled the country in the Early Morning when it was still dark. He went to the mall, dave, with his wife and 2 bodyguards. He arrived in singapore yesterday, and thats when he sends an email to, to speak with his resignation. Well, the speaker, also more than 12 hours to verify this matter. And hes now saying that its indeed legal latter, that its according to the constitutionality of violets resignation. So thats what he is amounting now to the public here and 3 lank. Of course, this means the and quite ungrateful downfall of the box. A family who has been in control and the government here for most of the last 2 decades. And of course, this downfall was all caused by the economic turmoil that the country has been going through for the last couple of months. A huge crisis. Foreign reserves that are finished basically theres no money to buy fuel food or madison people i live in on one meal a day. So this whole, what they called people thought were movement against him, came up onto the streets for many, many months and weeks, and build up to this moment that we are now seeing on, on tv here, and 3 large got to speak announcing his formal resignation. But as everyone here knows, in 3 land, thats not going to be the end of the struggle. Its basically just the beginning, so to speak. Because what many people here are fearing, especially the protesters that have been on the rate that nothing really is going to change after this resignation. Because the former Prime Minister become a singer who is now the acting president , will probably after this announcement before in fairly soon as the official acting president. And may be sworn in as the president for the remaining 2 years of park south bracket and see next week. So theres a lot of concern about that. And we dont know what, how protests is how people are going to respond in the next few hours to this news. Yeah, and thats an interesting point. You make sense . I mean, are we likely to see the protest continue until the acting president run away from a finger resigns . I mean, hes like you down to be pushed hard by the protest of the set down. Yes, he is a much resented person. People really are calling for him to step down because he has been in government also for all those years and they say he is responsible for the, the crisis, the huge crisis, the bankruptcy, the country is facing right now. It is a combination of course of the crisis in the world, the food prices, because of the war and ukraine, and also the funds that make bought in combination with huge mismanagement lanka has become an example to the world. How this can turn into a huge chaos, so to speak, because we have seen this political tract you him now far as days already. A situation has been very uncertain. People dont know who is actually in charge here. The military has announced yesterday that they will use for us if people stop occupying buildings again, government buildings. They have been occupying these buildings as we know. Since last saturday they left the buildings yesterday and as a symbolic gesture, basically to say, we have reached or made our point. We dont want to occupy billings, we dont want to use violence. We are a Peaceful Movement much. We are still not happy with stone, still not satisfied with the political process. How it is going, they really wanted. We come to sing at to step down as well, and thats not looking likely at the moment you step. You just mentioned the army there. So what about the Security Forces . I mean, yesterday we saw the army filed volleys over a c s gas t, i guess, into the crowds of protest is on the streets. Are we likely then to see them come out to me at more forcefully against the protest is to restore